Bandi Sanjay Backs New VB-G Ram Ji Employment Scheme

Addressing the media at a press conference here, he said the scheme guarantees 125 days of work per person each year and provides for payment of unemployment allowance with interest if work is not provided on time. Unlike earlier schemes focused mainly on manual labour, he said the new programme would prioritise the creation of long-term village infrastructure.

Bandi Sanjay said States would be allowed to suspend the scheme for up to 60 days during peak agricultural seasons to prevent labour shortages for farmers. Workers, he said, could complete 125 days under the scheme and earn another 60 to 80 days through farm work, providing up to 200 days of employment a year. He added that Telangana would receive ₹340 crore more under the scheme this year compared to last year.

Responding to criticism over the renaming of the employment programme, the Minister cited past changes in scheme names by earlier governments and accused the Congress of politicising Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy.

The union minister for state also announced that `50 crore had been sanctioned for the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation under the Urban Infrastructure Development Fund (UIDF), of which `40 crore would be provided by the Centre. He said the city was benefiting from Central schemes such as Smart City, Swachh Bharat and AMRUT.

He expressed confidence that the BJP would win the forthcoming municipal elections and said that while leaders from various parties were ready to join the BJP, priority for tickets would be given to long-time party workers with clean records.